Sale reports / Alabama / Frisco City Stockyards / 2021-10-13

Frisco City Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Frisco City, Alabama · Wed, Oct 13
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1984
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 86▼ 53 vs year ago 204 · −26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 19▲ 32 vs year ago 10 · +320.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▼ 4 vs year ago 12 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.02/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$121.02
39 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$600
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.64
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2479123.9959426
Medium and Large 1674117.987954thin
Medium and Large 3467113.785319thin
One grade step is worth $10.22/cwt here — about $63 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale39 hd
121.02
—
AL average15 barns · 1,838 hd
122.66
−1.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44856.218142thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16553.3662213

Every lot, as filed

26 lots · USDA AMS · Frisco City Stockyard - Frisco City, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2—685107.97/cwt106.00–110.007402
BullsMedium and Large 2—768104.49/cwt103.00–106.008022
BullsMedium and Large 2—525125.94/cwt123.00–128.006613
BullsMedium and Large 2—630116.46/cwt114.00–120.007344
BullsMedium and Large 2—572120.66/cwt120.00–122.006903
BullsMedium and Large 2—430144.69/cwt140.00–149.006224
HeifersMedium and Large 3—483113.00/cwt109.00–115.005464
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575110.52/cwt110.00–111.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373116.98/cwt115.00–121.004363
SteersMedium and Large 2—345157.00/cwt153.00–161.005422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674117.98/cwt116.00–120.007954
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432128.59/cwt126.00–130.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 2—576117.96/cwt114.00–121.006794
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515121.34/cwt120.00–123.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625113.97/cwt110.00–117.007123
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469124.40/cwt122.00–127.005835
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371130.18/cwt128.00–131.004836
BullsMedium and Large 2—479138.02/cwt136.00–142.006615
BullsMedium and Large 3—482127.61/cwt125.00–130.006153
BullsMedium and Large 3—525117.50/cwt115.00–120.006174
SteersMedium and Large 1—375161.00/cwt161.00–161.006042
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——812.50/cwt800.00–825.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——600.00/cwt510.00–700.00—3
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15951.19/cwt48.00–53.005938
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44856.21/cwt55.00–58.008142
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17456.83/cwt54.00–59.006675

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.